Giveaway: Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook

So my bookshelf is getting pretty crowded with books so I decided to giveaway my ARC copy of Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook! I didn't really enjoy it but I thought that someone else might since I've seen both positive and negative reviews for it.

Bonnie and Clyde meets IF I STAY in this additively heart-wrenching story of two desperate teenagers on the run from their pasts.

They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.

Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger....

When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.

Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love...and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending. Described as “beautiful, heartbreaking, and exhilarating” by Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF, Nobody But Us will prove irresistible to fans of Nina Lacour, Jenny Han, and Sara Zarr.

Rules:

You must be a US resident to enter

Winners will have 48 hours to respond from the time that they are notified before a new winner is picked

You must be at least 13 or have your parents permission to enter

Only one entry per household

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New Releases: February 3-9

Here's this week's new releases:

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

(February 5th)

 Pantomime by Laura Lam

(February 5th)

 City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster

(February 5th)

 Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

(February 5th)

Stacking The Shelves #22

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and here you can find all the books I've recently received that I'm stacking my shelves with!

Bought:

 

 

 

Everbound by Brodi Ashton

Prodigy by Marie Lu

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

I'm so excited to read all of these! But now I can't decide which one I should read first. They all sound so good and they're all sequels to books that I love.

ARC Review: Shadowhunters and Downworlders

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader 
by Cassandra Clare (Editor), Holly Black, Kate Milford, Diana Peterfreund, Sara Ryan, Scott Tracey, Robin Wasserman, Kendare Blake, Gwenda Bond, Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Caine, Sarah Cross, Kami Garcia, Michelle Hodkin, Kelly Link
Published: January 29, 2013
Publisher: Smart Pop
Pages: 256
My Rating: 2 of 5 stars

Synopsis: Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series, epic urban fantasy set in a richly imagined world of shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, fairies, and more, has captured the imaginations and loyalty of hundreds of thousands of YA readers. Originally a trilogy (City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass), the series has extended to six titles, plus a prequel trilogy, the Infernal Devices, and a planned sequel series, the Dark Artifices. A feature film is planned for 2013.

Shadowhunters and Downworlders, edited by Clare (who provides an introduction to the book and to each piece), is a collection of YA authors writing about the series and its world.


Authors Who Contributed:
Holly Black / Kendare Blake / Gwenda Bond / Sarah Rees Brennan / Rachel Caine / Sarah Cross / Kami Garcia / Michelle Hodkin / Kelly Link / Kate Milford / Diana Peterfreund / Sara Ryan / Scott Tracey / Robin Wasserman

My Review: So I think it's important to say that I am a fan of Cassandra Clare's books. No wait. I'm a just a little (ok a lot) obsessed with her books (mostly The Infernal Devices). But I didn't enjoy this at all.

Most of the essays were pretty boring. They just lacked the spark I was looking for. I'm pretty sure the only reason I got through this was because I just didn't want to study for midterms but after reading a few pages I would want to go back to studying so I guess that's not the reason.

The essays kept repeating things that were said in the essay before it. I get that there's character diversity. I get it! No need to say it in multiple essays. It was like my English class except my teacher is more interesting than these essays.

There was one essay that really didn't sit well with me and that was Kendare Blake's which is a shame since I really like her books (Anna Dressed in Blood and Girl of Nightmares). She tried to explain the incest part of The Mortal Instruments and how it wasn't actually that bad. Excuse me while I try to erase that from my mind.

I think that many of the essays are over analyzing the books and trying to find more meaning after they already found meaning. Out of all of the essays I think Michelle Hodkin's was the most insightful. While I was reading I never really thought about Simon being Jewish and what that could possibly mean but now I know.

Personally I wanted Cassandra Clare to explain they whys of her book. I was disappointed that The Infernal Devices were barely mentioned. I'm pretty sure Holly Black was the only author that brought it up. Out of all the authors Sarah Rees Brennan's essay was by far the best. It was funny and playful, instead of like a dull essay for school.

I'm not even sure if I would recommend this to a fan of The Mortal Instruments because I am a fan and I didn't enjoy it.

*I received this book via Netgalley. Thank you!

Feature & Follow #27

Feature and Follow is a blog hop hosted by Parajunkee & Alison Can Read. The purpose is to meet new people and gain more followers in the book blogging community.

Q: What is the first thing you would do if you woke up to find yourself in your favorite book? 

A: It depends if I woke up at the end because if I woke up at the The Fault in Our Stars then I would be bawling my eyes out. If I woke up in the middle then I would probably go looking for Augustus and Hazel and then I'd start crying.

What about you?

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